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RE: [xsl] RE: Postional predicates de-mystified
by other posts by this author
Jan 4 2002 12:11PM messages near this date
Re: [xsl] RE: Re: xpath2 functions returning () | Re: [xsl] RE: Postional predicates de-mystified
Mike wrote:
>  to obtain nodes in non-document order. For example the expression
>  
>    for $i in 1 to count(ancestor::*) return ancestor::*[$i]
>  
>  will return a sequence containing all the ancestors of the 
>  context node, in
>  reverse document order.

and 
<xsl:value-of select=" for $i in 1 to count(ancestor::*) 
   return name((ancestor::*)[$i])" separator = "/"/>  

Provides the 'path' to the current node! Pretty neat.
(or should I be saying a document order sequence?)

Seems like Evans (sorry XSLT 1.0) ( ) pairing still works as he
described.

Worked for me Evan :-)

Regards DaveP

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